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Drug shortages are forcing patients to visit multiple pharmacies or go back to GP for an alternative

There has been extensive national media coverage today (August 11) on how medicine or drug shortages have forced patients to visit multiple pharmacies to...

Twenty-eight new medicines added to DND list

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has added further 28 new products to the list of ‘Drugs for which Discount is Not Deducted’ (DND) in...

NHSBSA to reimburse prescription for Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets x 56 at £17.77

Any prescription for Promethazine hydrochloride 10mg tablets x 56 submitted for payment to the NHSBSA for July 2022 will be reimbursed at the new...

HRT supply issue: 12 out of 13 HRT SSPs extended until October

To help manage the ongoing supply disruptions, the health regulators have extended to 28 October 2022, serious shortage protocols (SSPs) for 12 of the 13...

GUEST COLUMN: Pharmacy and the hub and spoke conundrum

Gareth Jones says NPA is pleased to see the government’s competition watchdog recognise its concerns over potential competition risks from hub and spoke dispensing… The...

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Community pharmacy minor ailment scheme cuts 30,000 GP appointments

Community pharmacies in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly...

Man’s death linked to Tegretol shortages; Epilepsy Society calls for supply chain review

The deceased, who had epilepsy, was left without his...

NPA urges Covid-19 Inquiry to reduce ‘unrealistic expectations’ on healthcare workers

NPA highlights early challenges faced by community pharmacies in...

Digital exclusion ‘a bottleneck’ to expanding Pharmacy First service

Baba Akomolafe warns that moving care from hospitals to...

England lost 222 pharmacies last year – NPA reveals

West Berkshire is the country’s ‘pharmacy desert’, with the...